Introducing Myself On Medium

Hello everyone. I was the co-founder of Flux7 Labs and we were acquired by NTT Data services in 2019. Over the last year and a half I’ve been thinking about the next stage of my life. As I reevaluate what I want I realize a recently acquired part of my identity has an outsized influence on how I see myself today, I am now a father of two and am driven by what is the right thing to do for them.

R and me on a joint construction project

Like other parents I gravitated towards education as the strongest influence in preparing them for tomorrow. I look back at my own education. I was fortunate that my talents and the support of family and teachers allowed me to excel and **gasp** even express creativity in school. But when we did Flux7, I realized I was deadly afraid of being wrong. Continuously procrastinating, overthinking problems, anything that I can do to delay the reality hitting me in the face on what is right and what is wrong. And according to Sir Ken Robinson if I’m scared of being wrong can I even be creative?

And by seeing R celebrate the destruction of his elaborate tower you have all the proof you need that children know being wrong and iteration. We just teach it out of them. Something Yin, something Yang, something something

And so I want to create that world of education and learning for my children that didn’t exist for me. One where they actually learn to celebrate being wrong. Worst case scenario, I’ll get to be a good dad as I try to figure out what that means with my children. And as a first step, the first bit of courage in publicly daring to be wrong I write this post. Saying hello to who may read my words and telling you what to expect from me. Looking to put some of my ideas to the task of criticism and validation of others, and learning from others. So thank you for honoring me by spending your time reading what I have to say. I hope to share ideas with you in the coming days and hope to be able to pick your brains.